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Define Exchange credentials

Use domain accounts to access Exchange Management interfaces; AppInsight for Exchange does not support local accounts. Select an existing Active Directory account or create one with AppInsight for Exchange. See Find Exchange credentials.

To define Exchange credentials:

On the server where you are granting local administrative privileges, open a Computer Management console.

On Windows 2012, add this privilege using the Active Directory console.

Navigate to the Administrators group.

Enter the Active Directory user name of the account.

Ensure the location is set to either the domain where the account is located or Entire Directory.

Save your changes.

Alternatively, add an Active Directory group to the local administrators group and add Active Directory user accounts to that group.

To verify that account and local group membership was configured properly, run the following code in a PowerShell session:

Type: (Get-WebConfiguration system.webServer/security/authentication/windowsAuthentication 'IIS:\sites\Default Web Site\PowerShell').enabled and then press Enter to determine if Windows Authentication has been configured.

If the return value is True, Windows Authentication is configured. If the returned value is False, follow these steps::